Indian Shield
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The Indian Shield is an ancient, stable geological core of the Indian subcontinent composed mainly of Precambrian crystalline rocks and plateaus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian Shield canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | craton ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Ganges Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Himalayan orogenic belt NERFINISHED ⓘ Indo-Gangetic Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ Indus Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
ancient continental crust
ⓘ
tectonically stable ⓘ |
| contains |
Bundelkhand Plateau basement
ⓘ
Chotanagpur Plateau basement ⓘ Deccan Plateau basement ⓘ Dharwar Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ Malwa Plateau basement ⓘ plateaus ⓘ |
| continent | Indian subcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicImportance |
hosts bauxite deposits
ⓘ
hosts gold deposits ⓘ hosts iron ore deposits ⓘ hosts manganese ore deposits ⓘ hosts mica deposits ⓘ hosts mineral resources ⓘ |
| extendsAcross |
Peninsular India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
central India ⓘ southern India ⓘ |
| formedDuring |
Archean Eon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Proterozoic Eon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Precambrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesRegion |
Aravalli cratonal block
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bastar Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundelkhand Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ Dharwar Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ Singhbhum Craton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lithology |
banded iron formations
ⓘ
granite-gneiss complexes ⓘ greenstone belts ⓘ quartzites ⓘ schists ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
India
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ |
| movementHistory | drifted northward after Gondwana breakup ⓘ |
| partOf |
Gondwana-derived crust
ⓘ
Indian Plate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rockType |
crystalline rocks
ⓘ
igneous rocks ⓘ metamorphic rocks ⓘ |
| significance |
key area for Precambrian geology studies
ⓘ
records early Earth crustal evolution ⓘ |
| tectonicSetting | stable continental region ⓘ |
| underlies | Deccan Traps volcanic province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.